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.........~ Rails ~.........
........~» »~........
.......~»/ /»~.......
......~»/* &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& */»~......
.....~»/*% %*/»~.....
....~»/*%& &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& &%*/»~....
...~»/*% #&%*/»~...
..~»/*%# ##&%*/»~..
.~»/*%## Trains Are So Constructed That They ###&%*/»~.
..~»/*%# Have To Follow A Set Path. This Path Is ##&%*/»~..
...~»/*% Called A "Railway", Which Is Comprised #&%*/»~...
....~»/*%& Of Two Metal Rails, Hence Its Nickname. &%*/»~....
.....~»/*% %*/»~.....
......~»/* Because The Low Friction Between The */»~......
.......~»/ Wheels Of The Train And The Rail Metal, /»~.......
........~» There Are Limits For How Acute A Curve »~........
.........~ Can Be, And Even More So For How Much ~.........
.......... The Ground Under The Rails Can Be ..........
.......... Sloped. Thus A Railway Is Often Not Led ..........
.......... On Top Of Hills, Rather Through Them In ..........
.......... TunnelS (If They Are Large), Or ..........
.......... Artificial ChasmS. ..........
.........~ ~.........
........~» There Will Be Trees On The Side Of The »~........
.......~»/ Rails, But Not Too Close, Or They Will /»~.......
......~»/* Be Cut Down By The Railway Janitors. */»~......
.....~»/*% There Will Be Plains, And Bodies Of %*/»~.....
....~»/*%& Water. &%*/»~....
...~»/*% #&%*/»~...
..~»/*%# Trains Go By Day And By Night. Along ##&%*/»~..
.~»/*%## The Way, There Is Information ###&%*/»~.
..~»/*%# Scattered, Often Put On Top Of Poles, ##&%*/»~..
...~»/*% To Be Interpreted By The Train Drivers. #&%*/»~...
....~»/*%& Different Parts Of The Railway Have &%*/»~....
.....~»/*% Different Speed Limits. %*/»~.....
......~»/* */»~......
.......~»/ Sometimes, Trains Have To Stop And Wait /»~.......
........~» For Something To Happen, Far Away. This »~........
.........~ Is Signaled By Red Or Green Lights. ~.........
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.......... &&&&&&&& ..........
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.......... Many People Follow The Rails By Foot. ..........
.......... Often This Proves To Be The Shorter ..........
.........~ Path Between Two Points. However This ~.........
........~» Is Frowned Upon, And Very Impolite »~........
.......~»/ Toward The Train Drivers! /»~.......
......~»/* */»~......
.....~»/*% %*/»~.....
....~»/*%& &%*/»~....
...~»/*% #&%*/»~...
..~»/*%# ##&%*/»~..
.~»/*%## ###&%*/»~.